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I don\u2019t generally announce forthcoming horror films unless they have some connection to witchcraft, paganism or the occult, and of course I also prefer arthouse and foreign films to mainstream Hollywood stuff, so my initial forecast for 2014 is that there isn\u2019t that much coming down the pipeline just yet. But here are a few titles that look interesting and I\u2019ll keep you all posted as their debut dates get closer.<\/p>\n

The film JUNE<\/a> stars one of the little badass girls in THE WALKING DEAD (Kennedy Brice, who plays Molly), as a girl who has to share her body with a an ancient spirit who wants to wipe out mankind to preserve nature\u2019s dominance on Earth. The story does sound like it may have an interesting theme that will resonate with pagans. Plus, badass little kids are badass.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>There will of course be much more hype forthcoming about Disney\u2019s new film MALEFICENT, starring Angelina Jolie as the evil horned witch in their iconic film SLEEPING BEAUTY. It\u2019s due out May 30. I think it\u2019s an interesting idea to re-imagine a live action film based upon an animated one; but I also think Disney is generally starved for good ideas these days. Also, Angelina Jolie\u2019s cheekbones look too pointy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nick Willing (who directed the wonderful NEVERLAND is helming a \u00a0new thriller set in the English countryside<\/a> (Yorkshire, in fact, where indie horror director Ben Wheatley<\/a>\u2013who is no relation to occult writer Dennis Wheatley who wrote THE DEVIL RIDES OUT\u2013 has been making some wonderful films including KILL LIST, one of my faves from 2012). It looks promising, also because it stars Olivia Williams and Matthew Modine! ALTAR is about a couple who move to a remote country estate (as you do), where the original owner is rumored to have murdered his wife in a \u201cdemonic ritual.\u201d Ooh, goody!<\/p>\n

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And of course you\u2019ve heard they\u2019re making a\u00a0 new TV mini-series based upon ROSEMARY\u2019S BABY<\/a>, right? Oh, okay I am just gonna go write a post on that too!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"